SELF-IDENTIFYING OXIMETRY SENSOR SYSTEM

• US 20160166213A1
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Published: 06/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Nonin Medical Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nonin Medical Incorporated
• Inventors: Isaacson, Philip O.
• Application Number:
  US14/436,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20160166213A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0223 of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/085 combined with means for recording calibration data
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1495 Calibrating or testing of in-vivo probes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/684 Indicating the position of the sensor on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence

Abstract

A system includes a plurality of sensors and a monitor. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors has a sensor output corresponding to a physiological measurement. Each sensor has a parameter associated with the sensor output. The monitor has a monitor processor, a display, and multiple channels. Each channel is configured to receive a sensor output from a sensor of the plurality of sensors. The monitor processor is configured to execute a set of instructions and configured to depict the physiological measurement using the display. The sensor output is configured using the parameter associated with the sensor output. The parameter corresponds to at least one of the channel associated with the sensor and a code received using the channel.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of sensors, each sensor having a sensor output corresponding to a physiological measurement and a parameter associated with the sensor output; and

a monitor having a monitor processor, a display, and having multiple channels, wherein each channel is configured to receive a sensor output from a sensor of the plurality of sensors, the monitor processor configured to execute a set of instructions and configured to depict the physiological measurement using the display, the sensor output configured using the parameter associated with the sensor output, the parameter corresponding to at least one of the channel associated with the sensor and a code received using the channel.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one sensor includes a regional oximetry sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein a channel includes a connector pod coupled to the monitor, the connector pod having a pod processor configured to generate data corresponding to the sensor output.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the pod processor is configured to apply a calibration adjustment to the sensor output.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the monitor processor is configured to read encoded data corresponding to the parameter.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the monitor processor is configured to generate a time wise view of the physiological measurement using at least one of the code and the parameter.

7. A method comprising:

detecting a communication channel between a sensor and a monitor, the monitor having a plurality of channels, each channel configured for communicating between one sensor of a plurality of sensors and the monitor;

attempting to read a code associated with the sensor, the code received from the sensor;

in the absence of a code, determining a parameter for the sensor based on the communication channel; and

upon detecting the code, determining the parameter for the sensor based on the code; and

depicting data from the sensor on a display of the monitor wherein the data is displayed using the parameter.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein detecting the communication channel includes detecting a wired connection.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein attempting to read the code includes determining a value associated with a passive element of the sensor.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein attempting to read the code includes determining a value associated with an active element of the sensor.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein determining the parameter includes one of determining calibration information, determining a location on the display, determining a label for the display, and determining a body location associated with the sensor.

12. The method of claim 7 further including determining a body location associated with the sensor and depicting the body location.

13. The method of claim 7 further including determining a classification for the sensor and depicting the classification.